Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways - 'Scene Thru The Lens'
WHR - 'Rail Ale' Festival
9th May 2008 to 11th May 2008
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09.05.08:  Peter Rumbelow gives thanks for what he is about to receive...
09.05.08:  Bruce Brayne waits behind the bar for his next customer – little suspecting what lay ahead of him that night...
09.05.08:  Dinas Goods Shed had been spruced up for the ‘Rail Ale’ Festival, with plenty of room for relaxation...
09.05.08:  ...and convivial conversation
09.05.08:  Pete Tarver tries desperately to ignore the camera, while serving behind the Long Bar...
09.05.08:  An eager customer – with beer guide, glass and voucher to hand...
09.05.08:  Three generations enjoy the arrival of ‘K1’...
09.05.08:  ...which also attracts the attention of this lady - a fireman on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway
09.05.08:  A case of ‘Love at first sight’!
09.05.08:  ‘What’s the next choice to be..?’
09.05.08:  ‘I want one of these..!’
09.05.08:  Dafydd Thomas leaves trackwork alone for the weekend – and welcomes visitors to the Festival
09.05.08:    Inside the Beer Hall - things are warming up as John Ellis-Williams plays ‘Pass the Camera’...
09.05.08:  ... others relax and enjoy the start of a pleasant evening...
09.05.08:  ...while some formulate their plans on the best way to visit all venues and sample all ales..!
09.05.08:  Tony Murphy trades ‘Black Hand’ track gang for ‘Blue Waistcoat’ duty behind the ‘Purple Moose’ bar...
09.05.08:  ‘Smile for the Camera..!’
09.05.08:  Ffestiniog Travel’s Dan May does an evening stint behind the Long Bar...
09.05.08:  Dafydd Thomas welcomes another line of people arriving from the shuttle train...
09.05.08:  Dan, Bruce and Pete try to ‘Hold that smile’ while the camera focuses..!
09.05.08:  The Beer Hall fills, as time for the evening’s entertainment approaches...
09.05.08:  ...and Dan and rest of the gang race around behind the bar to fill everyone’s glasses...
09.05.08:  Friday evening’s live music was provided by ‘Gwibdaith Hen Frân’ – who describe themselves as a ‘happy, go-lucky band’ playing acoustic and country music...  http://www.myspace.com/gwibdaithhenfran
09.05.08:  The Band was formed in the summer of 2006 for a gig at the Tap in Blaenau Ffestiniog, and the members live and work in and around the Vale of Ffestiniog